Faculty

Carolina Castillo Larrea

Biographical Sketch

Carolina holds a Ph.D. in Spanish Language and Literature from Boston University. She began her teaching career at Wellesley College, where she first discovered her passion for teaching Spanish to foreign speakers. She also taught Spanish courses at Boston University, obtaining for three consecutive years the Annual Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Carolina has been a member of the Trojan family since 2011. At USC she has taught courses in Iberian and Latinoamerican Literatures, Spanish Language, and a Reading for Knowledge seminar for graduate students. She has also participated in the Valencia Study Abroad Program.

Her scholarly interests include teaching methodology, use of technology in the classroom, and Medieval and Renaissance Literatures. She is currently in the process of publishing a critical edition of the epistolary novel Processo de cartas de amores (1548).

New Courses Developed

Life and Culture in Spain., USC Study Abroad Valencia Program., The course focused on a variety of aspects that define Spanish life and culture. From family to food, and from politics to regional identity, the students were able to contrast this theoretical vision of "Spain," with their own in situ experiences.
The course also held sessions to help students to build up their vocabulary and to improve/review some key aspects of Spanish grammar and structure., 06/16/2012-07/13/2012

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